Melissa Rosado is one of the top international instructors and performers of NY Style Mambo "On 2". She is an energetic and explosive dancer who is known all around the world for her unique, sexy styling and body movement on and off the dance floor, powerful stage presence, and passionate love for teaching. In addition, her humble attitude and welcoming personality is what makes her popular amongst the mambo community today. She has an ability to effortlessly follow any lead and is known to be one of the best examples and instructors of the Eddie Torres technique.

At the age of 9 she discovered her passion for mambo when she began taking classes with Eddie and Maria Torres at the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club in the Bronx. She continued to study and train in the Eddie Torres technique and later became part of the Eddie Torres Senior Dance Company and teaching staff, one of the top in the nation.

In 2006 she trained and partnered with Eddie Torres principal dancer Adolfo Indacochea for almost two years, performing and teaching as one of mambo's international leading couples. Shortly after, she teamed with up the Mambo King Eddie Torres once again until 2011. In addition to partnering with Eddie Torres, she also established herself as a respected and sought out solo artist worldwide, which she continues to do present day.

As a seasoned dancer, actor, choreographer and teacher, Alexander Bryan has performed professionally across many facets of the entertainment industry. Coming into prominence in 2004, Alexander appeared on ABC's Strictly Dancing, creating great excitement and controversy as he danced his way to the Grand Finals with Adam Francis, cementing them as Australia's favourite same sex dance duo. Following this success, he went onto perform on Channel 7's "Dancing With The Stars", alongside celebrity partner Kate Langbroek. Recent theatre credits include the National tour of "The Boy From Oz", and playing the lead role of Romeo in the World Premier of "Matalor".

Dancing professionally since 2003, Alex has won multiple national titles and including placing 1st in the teams division at the Aceki World Salsa Championships in Hong Kong. Alex extends his passion for teaching as Director of Melbourne's hottest semi professional dance group, "Flavoured Rhythm". He is currently appearing as a contestant on Channel 10's "Everybody Dance Now".

When he's not dancing, Alex produces, directs and choreographs acts for corporate entertainment, floorshows and theatre. Described as an "exceptionally entertaining" Master of Ceremonies, he's a hit at local and national events, with an ability to connect with any type of audience.

Alisson is from Brazil, Sao Paulo. When he arrived in Perth in 2007, he shook the Latin dance world. He is an integral part of the Juan Rando Dance Academy as the main Brazilian Dance Instructor where he teaches Brazilian Zouk, Samba de Gafieira, Argentine tango, Salsa, Forro and Axe. Alisson is also qualified in Salsa On1 and On2, Bolero, Tango, West Coast swing, and more. Having taught a variety of these styles in Brazil and around the world he is a great asset to the dance scene in Perth.

In 2009 he was specially invited to choreograph a group Zouk routine for the Australian Dance Festival. Alisson then spent 2 months in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand teaching, performing and choreographing. While in Singapore, Alisson choreographed the first zouk team in Singapore (for Two-Left Feet School). In 2010 Alisson also choreographed the first Forro Team to perform at the Sydney Salsa Congress which was a great success with the public and promoting Brazilian dance styles.

Alisson created BRAZUKA DANCE, the Brazillian style which Alisson heads for Juan Rando Dance Academy. He is an aspiring and ambitious man with a forward view towards making the Brazillian Rhythms a huge success everywhere he goes.

Audrey is a recognized Brazilian Zouk dancer living and working in Perth Western Australia. Born in Reunion Island, she began to dance at the age of 3, with a background in contemporary, ballet, jazz and Bharatanatyam (traditional Indian dance) and she has performed and danced with many different companies around Reunion.

In 2010 Audrey travelled to Brazil to learn from some of the best Brazilian Zouk and Samba de Gafieira dance instructors. She is renowned as one of the best Zouk dancers and Zouk teachers in Australia, where she has not only gained valued experience, but also enormous recognition and respect from her fellow teachers and students alike. She has performed in Australian and a number of overseas countries and has had the opportunity to travel and teach dance workshops in Singapore, Dubai as well as Brazil Central 2010 (Brisbane) and the Sydney Salsa Congress 2011 (Sydney) offering students more technique and styling.

One of the most popular and sought after instructors in Sydney, Becky is known for her sensuality, elegance and grace on the dance floor. As the Founder of Suave Latin Productions and now one of Latin Motion's leading instructors Becky is respected as a world class professional. She has performed, taught and travelled to Congresses around the world. Becky has also competed nationally and internationally and is now regularly invited to adjudicate the most prestigious competitions around Australia.

Captivating on the dance floor, inspiring in the class room, respected around the world. This is one woman you can't miss!

One of Australia's finest new couples to hit the stage. This unique partnership of Hip Hop dancer and Ballerina is not afraid to push the boundaries with their dynamic style, featuring a diverse repertoire of choreographies. Based in Melbourne out of Spin City Dance this couple are no strangers to the stage; having being involved in all of Australia's major congresses as well as performing internationally in Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia and New York. Christian and Elysia's amazing stage presence, precise technique, body movement and perfect lines mixed with their easygoing attitudes makes them not only fantastic performers but fun instructors that leave you demanding more.

Debralee's love of teaching dance started whilst training to become a ballerina when she was given many opportunities to teach ballet classes from tiny tots (babies) to teens going through intense training for their difficult RAD Ballet exams.

Since then Debralee has taught at various dance schools and high schools in Sydney preparing students for their Annual School Concerts and Ballet Exams.

It was early in 2008 that Latin Dance Australia invited Debralee to become a part of their Professional team. They also gave her the opportunity to pass on her technical knowledge to the team where she took them through the intensive training she underwent for years to becoming the versatile and disciplined dancer she is today.

Debralee has the ability to teach any age at any level - her true love is to dance and teach in order to pass on and impart her knowledge to other aspiring lovers of dance.

Debralee has performed at many events including the Sydney Salsa Congress, Darling Harbour Latin Fiesta, the Latin Dance Australia Ball, the Australian Dance Fetsival to name a few, and in 2006 won the Best Brazilian Afro Performer Award and in 2008 receiving the Best Overall Performer Award.

She also travelled to Korea to compete in the Gangnam International Dance Festival in 2008 with the Advanced Samba Swat Team.

Debralee has also expanded her repertoire by embracing Salsa, Zouk, Reggaeton Bachata and many more as well as her serious and passionate commitment to teaching Samba.

Popular international instructor and DJ, Graeme Haney, aka 'Mambo G' (from the UK) is one of Australia's most well known personalities within the Latin dance scene.
He was one of the first to teach the linear (LA) style and shines to the Australian salsa community.

In the UK he could be found playing at many salsa venues throughout Central England earning his reputation for playing a wide variety of both new and classic Salsa.
He prides himself on his musical flexibility, keeping dance floors busy, and enjoys tapping into a crowds 'flavour' while taking them on a musical rollercoaster ride! With a personal passion for the 'jazzier' end of the Salsa spectrum Graeme has picked up the nick-name 'Mambo-G'.

He has been DJ-ing in Australia since Jan 07, and since then his reputation has rapidly grown for playing and popularising this genre of Salsa & Mambo.
Graeme has also DJ'd for the Sydney Salsa Congress which has always been well received.

He founded House of Mambo in 2006 after returning home to Australia from the UK. With 12 years international teaching experience, he has held numerous workshops in Sydney over the years where he has taught the majority of key figures in the Sydney Salsa Scene (Latin Motion, LDA, Club Salsa, Ruedisima, Salsa Republic , Mambo Lounge etc).

His excellent DJ-ing skills, teaching skills, fantastic moves and sense of humour are always a hit.

He is known as "The Voice". Not only is he a Latin Dance advocate but one of the most dedicated and passionate event organizers of Australia. He is a very giving person, and he is always there for those who seek help and advice. His voice echoes throughout Australia from national events to Brisbane's own local Sunday Salsa Seduction. He is the organizer of the fantastic national event, The DouDouLe Latin Dance Camp.

Juan is responsible for the Bachata craze in Australia as 2004 saw him in a new country & culture when he arrived in Sydney, only to find the dance he was most passionate about was a taboo, never played in nightclubs or taught at dance studios. Inspired as no one else can be with Bachata, Juan started running classes & workshops, as well as promoting Bachata music to various influential DJ's, Nightclubs & Latin Events. It was from there his fame as 'El Bachatero' grew quickly making him the best know Bachata Instructor in Australia & New Zealand. From then on, Juan became one of the most influential Bachateros in the world. He has taught hundreds of workshops throughout the world (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, France, USA and more) and performed at prestigious Latin events around the world. Juan is also one of the organizers of the successful 'Sydney Bachata Festival' and he's the director of Bachateros Online Magazine, one of the first web portals dedicated to Bachata only.

Juan's is the pioneer of the Bachata Moderna movement and his syllabus and moves are being used around the world. With the growth and evolution of Bachata music, Juan has ensured that the dancing evolves as well. Bachata Moderna is a more stylized style of Bachata were dancers can add different footwork and transitions and yet remain true to Bachata form, maintaining the feeling & emotional elements that makes Bachata what it is.

Most importantly, he is the director and co-founder of Tropical Soul Dance Studio, one of Sydney's most exciting new dance school, Tropical Soul.

Kate is the Director/Choreographer/Instructor of Subsdance Dance Studio (www.subsdance.com.au) founded one year ago in Canberra. After teaching throughout Canberra, Kate opened Subsdance to share her passion and personal touch to make a difference with her students. Kate has been a dancer for 21 years and has extensive experience in not only Latin dance styles but Commercial Jazz, Broadway Jazz, and Funk.

Kate has performed with artists such as International DJ act 'NASA' (who worked with Kanye West) and Brazilian Fantasy (Sydney). She has choreographed and performed a number of times at the Sydney Salsa Congress and Adelaide Salsa Festival, as well as teaching workshops at these events.

With a lethal combination of performance and dance experience, Kate and Miriam believe in sharing Brazilian Samba in a classy and sophisticated way, teaching the essence of Brazilian culture. These 'Glamourosas' perform Samba at its peak and are a performance NOT to be missed.

SUBSDANCE TEACHES LATIN/BRAZILIAN/HIP HOP/LATINAFUNK/ZUMBA/BACHATA!

*For more information on SUBSDANCE DANCE STUDIO, visit www.subsdance.com.au.
All Classes run from Canberra's favourite Latin Club, Monkeybar.

A master of playful interaction. Lidia McMahon wins the heart of her audiences not only with her superb technical skill as a dancer or her creative chorographical approach on stage, but most of all her innate ability to bring to life the quintessential elements of Latin Dancing; fun, playful interaction with a hint of charisma and a whole lot of charm - in every aspect of her life.

With 10 years of Latin dancing experience, 6 International 1st place trophies that decorate the walls of the LDA studio and a montage of influence that spreads across the many countries in which she has shared her passion by a way of teaching, performing and inspiring, her dancing career, which started no more than a casual hobby can only be described as "an adventure!"

Many years on, her dreams came true when she became a director of that same studio that nurtured her beginnings.

Lidia's inquisitive nature and love for health and wellbeing of the body and mind has stretched her passion into a new direction of 'YOGA For Dancing Bodies' after returning from an intensive Yoga teacher training program in India in 2012.

"Yoga is traditionally a science of conditioning the body for greater performance of the mind, and I love that through this medium I can work with creating strength and flexibility in people's bodies, educating on injury prevention for the more serious dancers and improving not just their dancing skills, but overall wellbeing"

Lidia McMahon has come to be known as "a mover and shaker in her own right, paving the way with a feminine force not to be ignored, but to be recognised and inspired by" - Viva Magazine 2012.

Mambo Elegante Has travelled the world and worked with the best dancers, choreographers and performers. From Paris to Berlin to Sydney, Mambo Elegante has left no dancefloor unturned. He has spent years creating, developing and perfecting his unique and captivating style. Musicality, technique, and accuracy are his key strengths. Mambo Elegante will not fail to impress not only as a performer and dancer, but also as an instructor. He is eager to share all his experience and knowledge with anyone willing to fall in love with the salsa beat.

Miriam has an extensive background in Brazilian dancing including Samba, Axe, Afro, Frevo, and Forro. She started her professional dancing career in Toronto, Canada with Samba Connection (formerly Brazil Nativa) and trained with some of the best instructors in the industry. She has performed at various venues and prestigious events including Carnaval Canada, Brazilian Day Canada, and has opened for Olodum and Ivete Sangalo.

Raquel has been dancing salsa for over a decade, and has found her love in NY style On2 (mambo). Raquel has choreographed/performed for the 2006 Los Angeles West Coast Salsa Congress. In 2007, she taught salsa in London for the Latin Dance Collective Team. In 2010, she performed and choreographed for the New York Salsa Congress.

Raquel began her official dance training in Los Angeles in 2003, and has since furthered her training in New York, South America, London and Europe. Raquel now owns one of Canberra's most successful Latin dance schools, which has a strict curriculum for all salsa levels which has raised the standard of Canberra's dancers.

Peter is one of Australia's most sought after male on2 mambo dancers. He has a very unique smooth style which is great to watch. He met Raquel in 2006 in London, brought together by their love of mambo, and married in Canberra in 2009. Peter and Raquel's style complement one another. Whilst Raquel has a developed her own distinctive repertoire of shines, Peter has developed an array of enviable on2 turn patterns. Their connection is not only seen on the dance floor, but also when they teach. Together they make a strong salsa duo.

Sandra's love for performing has also encompassed an ardent love for dance.

In 2004, Sandra joined the LDA professional team and since then has continued to light up the stage with her infectious smile and sharp captivating performances and great body movement.

Sandra's passion for dance has taken her to various national and international events to represent Australia in Salsa, Samba and Zouk, to events including the Sydney Salsa Congress, West Coast Salsa Congress, NZ Congress and the Hong Kong Salsa Congress, to name a few.

With her bubbly and fun loving attitude, Sandra enjoys dancing a variety of different styles on the social floor and loves mixing it up. She is always ready to take on a new challenge and always searching for new ideas, she loves working with her students and her fellow colleagues in the Pro team.

Steve Maltezos has been a force for quite some time now and constantly performs both in his own country (Australia) and around the world. Specializing in a unique athletic dance form he refers to as 'acrobatic dance'. This style involves an integration of circus sports, acrobatic skills, partner lifts and flips, mixed within many dance forms such as Latin, Afro-Cuban, Ballroom and Contemporary.

This has given him the reputation of being part of one of the most amazing, daring and death defying aerial dance acts anywhere!

Steve has also been personally taught by some of the worlds best aerial salsa performers such as Alex Lee & Chi Li (USA), Dave Paris & Zoe Klien (USA), Pablo Biaz & Diana Montoya (USA) just to name a few. He has been dancing the style of salsa for over 7 years now and was personally trained by the world renown Sharon Pakir (Spin City Dance Australia). He currently attends circus classes & workshops (being his passion).

With the knowledge, skill and imagination he has gained, this has given him the insight to be able to teach aerial workshops wherever he performs.

His tricks are 'truly amazing to watch'.

He has performed and competed at many events including the Victoria Australia Salsa Cabaret Champions 2009, 2010, 2011, India International Salsa Festival, Hong Kong Salsa Festival, Malaysian Salsa Festival 2009, 2010, Sydney Salsa Congress Australia, New Zealand Salsa Congress 2009 just to name a few.

Minx's skills and styles are as varied as her heritage. Born to Chinese, Spanish and Italian parents, Minx has years of performance and teaching experience in everything from artistic gymnastics, stage musicals, jazz and hip hop to street Latin, salsa and many other Brazilian styles. Her passion for all things colourful also influences her love for makeup and costume artistry, which can be seen in her day to day life and well as on stage. Having recently completed her studies at The University of Melbourne in Australia, Minx is looking forward to further pursuing her love for the performing arts in all its forms and is now setting her sights to take over Australia in the salsa scene!

Audiences that have seen her performances have said 'she makes me exhausted just watching her, but I don't want it to stop, and footwork so fast it makes your head spin, I want to see it again and again and she never misses a beat'.

With such versatility, style, grace, speed and proficiency, Minx has now turned her focus to salsa cabaret which incorporates lifts, tricks and acrobatic prowess. This has led her to become involved with the 'MELBOURNE AERIAL DANCE COMPANY' where she now performs & teaches the fine art of aerial lifts & tricks and is now proud that the student team is also following her footsteps.

Steve & Minx are truly amazing performers & instructors to watch!

No stranger to pumping up big crowds from behind the decks and not 'just another DJ' Trent Richardson has supported some of the biggest international House Djs, Latin DJs & bands at festivals and clubs all over the county.

Canberra based... he is responsible for hosting some of the biggest Latin parties in the nations capital including the hit series of events 'Tropicana' and the weekly Friday Latin club night 'Havana Nights' that has been hitting capacity crowds for nearly 5 years.

Trent currently co-hosts 'Shakedown' the hit weekly radio show on RawFM that goes out to a listener base of approximately 1million people - showcasing the hottest in RnB, Reggaeton & Latino House.

Highly regarded as Canberra's #1 Latino DJ and one of the best in the country, he plays an influential role in setting the benchmark for Canberra's Latin event / party scene and has quickly become well known within the Latin community for the ability to read a crowd and hosting the hottest party atmospheres.

Trent continually supports the Canberra Latin scene by running weekly events that involve local and national talent at his nightclub the MonkeyBAR.

Do not miss Trent Richardson and a visit to MonkeyBAR this Canberra Latin Dance Festival.